n
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body qfnfhe^(Singlese in thfe'^eighbotifhQod Jq£ Gojlumbo,; who
were; exasperated with .tiiQiOppi^i^u e'fe ^hek m,as£ei$, the, For*
f t t a g p e s & t o - oppose,tile. European ,armytundpr:
Constantine- die ;§ae, . The flattert flf. 1300
Portuguese si i^OO^eoo^iien^l troops,;jj an^ 8Q0Q.‘Cipgksg|| 'The
Prince -of: Qmv6,: wlio in jj coojunctipo^ w^fep Raja^ $i«ga, -.the
Ring’s youngest? sooi .comujapdecl the Candjans, a^my
ofe^&,QQ0| nativesfeila By the advicq o f Raja .Singar>ho, already
beganrtikgive- rproofik 5-fe great, military: talentsv ,the ^ P h f ^ ^ f
Ouv6 declined coining ,ta an epgaggEgent. and left ^theap|^sages
of -the -mountainsjjj open to the P q ^ tu g ^ b |j # 0,,,,£ u r p r j s ^ a t
meetings no enemy, advanced*into .fc^e^hejpfgr p l j ^ h q ^ u ^ y
and plundered/ and burnt, Badula the ,^ f - p ity $ « £ .„Q « ^ ^ h e
Portuguese commander, having,,,now learnt .th^inteii^ i ^ p f thp
Candians to cut off his ; retreat,. and ? p l^ in g ^ ^ tle ^ /C g ^ ^ en ^
in the fidelity .of the. Cingfese -in his
retire; with -all ^passible. ^spedition,,, liavi|g5 fir(st, s p j |^ |g ^ t;o
his baggage thajt^he mighty-not .be emh?fragse^j
fenceiq^ The Candians however, ' being, id^fe^mined, hy | ^ 4
not thus escape, .pursued him with the, u tm o ^ a p id ity ; and
the 800Q,Cinglese, in his army, h a v i n g , {tj^eij
countrymen, her was furiously attached b y g t^ g irs-u n jte ^ ^ ]^ ^
whoH rnslKd upon* his: trpQps,*.with pikeSj, an<|
timeiwhjep a heayy fall, of rain rendered', the
leeks usele^. | Ife; fell with most .flf Jb|S ffro p p s; apd^ ^
head being put -off was carr.fed in triunspl} s
j.iThp Portuguese,vwb;e /thus, again reduced fo,,a
extreme .danger* Raja S^ga. advanced,, wit^ a laige fp^cg^ to
a tta c k CoAumbo; b u t was very gallantly, £ p ^ off. b y ^ h ^ g o -
yernpr ^ g ? a ;whck had
men from Goa..
MfHRÜHF
In 1632 the- King o f H e left ithe province of
Oùvé :tto^his-"eîd'e&PSonS MatMle tû t ib ê -Jid eerffan tk -to his
yöungest^éfe;^%hol'-nöw'kssuirred the name of-Raja Singa Ad-
'âàéyn/ ' ht'déffi^lhé^irigdÖtn Wf‘Gâfîdÿ with 'the iiUperial title,
and the ‘Supreitte' domihiolfi ôf( 'Ctylonl This division gate
^ e ^ idiâgd^P't§^thë. aftêsr
■ diëdy ■ ’ â'fid Raja Singa • ' *:having- seized' $ upbn: thce^sfeare > which
had 'been! alfdtedatoî him, vthè- jéMoüSÿydfth e 't-SeÖónd'“~br other
hvas1 'stiUiifa^thët-inG'rëaséd^. ('*■
The. BspfagQeseV:'havin'g^Sfc*I.L'Ved|,'ïfreslit‘'iieinfórcémkltk -‘made
'abOjMidt *>attàfekl eSh- Câftdy; Raj’l l Singa,
and-bpi^eawite icatöé' to dUjÉfe^t^' -wMéh^hèbf&v^rV^they ’©nlÿ
kepB till they: found" art ôpdbTtùnit^'ftoI%¥eak-‘ïfe{Wdh^dyantage.
Raja 'Sit|ga,2sibghig * rm^t^rfvi'nhfe-d* J that bö Idêpëifâêhéë wa^ to
be nplahèd-ûh"- their\tgted!'yfâîfch; g in (hl6 ^ sént ân àimbassadot,:''tb
the Dutól'T-go'vörnopS.óf Pülicât, - req!üèstingl$his '-assistance against
the ! Poilügueslfe - Thé lhttéfe with whiehb tliS,1 anîbâsSador- was
charged! t-o^tM? 'goveSnê^lwas written in - »Afabfe dàç|.'tablets of
'geldig In this'^tter). Raja ?Sfcga, with the view* of imptessifig
Ih ’e Dutdi -With a 'ihigiï^sense iàf ;lùsff gf.êaMéss-jVS'deSfcribes s hilh-
-self .'by. a'11 the titl|s; With' which1 either Europeans ‘©v-’Asiatfes
hàdj%vèk ^adorned the Empfevör of ^-Ceylon.' He g-rVeshln !'aé'-
(cpttnt o£ his iM ii .wlthi^he Portugùesè, his ^victôrie^' ovçe tlïéin,
and -hiss, hopes^pf beings able withfthe Assistance tiie Dutéfo
to i efpel them-finally from the Island.- * The Dutch?-’gdÿternbr
in heturn sent an eiàibassy.f to i thfe^'King;4''who('rfecèived-' them
With Much: : distinction, and gave them ah ->audtônoe m the -
couhtiy of Rintane én the banks of the ’>¥iy® Malivâaonëk
\Thissaudience was held by torchd'ightftón great1 state; and the
>Eing on ^fe;J(iabass.« iMiUjiStA- inviiatibh to* the